No surfboards. No Omega watches. Instead I planned a fun, activity-filled weekend, charging through our Victorian bucket list with a red Sharpie. Just as good as a surfboard, right? Artists and scientists joined forces in to create a model of the solar system that stretches along the foreshore from St Kilda to Port Melbourne, at a scale of one to one billion.
Essentially the 5. Every centimetre you walk is equivalent to travelling 10, kilometres in space — a fact Jude was blown away by, given he kept repeating it every 15 minutes. I was more so blown away by the full-frontal coastal views. Firstly, the models naturally get more interesting the bigger they get. Secondly, Pluto, Neptune and Uranus are all spaced quite far apart, which you can handle with fresh legs, not so much with tired, grumpy legs.
After walking the 1. Morale of this story is never wear boots on a giganormous walk. The crescent shape of Port Philip Bay means that throughout the entire walk you can spot the giant metal sun off in the distance, which provides a good indication of how far you have left to put up with those rubbing boots.
Something I highly recommend! It was super speedy then. Sorry buddy! I totally understand why you were angry. Saturn, sea gull shadows and sun sets. The inner planets are all along the St Kilda foreshore and easy to walk between, so here we ditched the bikes. Jupiter and the face of some serious concentration. By the time we made it to the big kehuna of a sculpture that is the Sun, the actual Sun was a blip on the horizon, but we could still make out this impressive sculpture.
So impressive it actually momentarily took my attention away from the pretty sunset. Jude was buzzing from his planet lesson all week, talking about how much he enjoyed it for days. Even burdening his poor colleagues with his space story.
